The mycologists Hermann Jahn and John Eriksson were among her early mentors. Starting
in the late 1970s, she became a recognized specialist for European corticioid fungi,
publishing some 25
mycological papers and describing new species, including Lepidomyces larssonii
Grosse-Brauckm. and Phlebiella rubi Grosse-Brauckm. Odonticium helgae
Hjortstam & Ryvarden was named in her honour.

Helga Große-Brauckmann passed away on January 24, 2007. Her collection comprises
around 6,000 specimens (1,370 fungal taxa), mainly from Germany and adjacent countries,
collected by her and more than 350 colleagues over a period of more than 40 years
until 2006. She generously transferred her collection as a gift to the Botanische
Staatssammlung München (M) shortly before her death.

The data base comprises imaged labels with accompanying documents as well as core
data for identified organisms, collector(s), collecting date and georeferenced sites.
Label data concerning habitat and other ecological information have not yet been
captured. Data capture was performed between 2007 and 2012 by Diane Falkenberg,
Dr. Olga Féher, Dr. Gudrun Kirchhof, Veronica Sanz, Ingrid Sebek, and Tanja Weibulat,
using Diversity Workbench components for data management. Geographic coordinates
(WGS 84) are added by using DiversityGazetteer functionality within DiversityCollection
(programmed by Dr. Markus Weiss). The distribution map for all georeferenced specimens
of the collection is generated by DiversityGISeditor (programmed by Wolfgang Reichert).
The project coordination lies with Dr. Dagmar Triebel.

"The Fungal Collection of H. Große- Brauckmann" is being maintained and expanded
by staff from the Botanische Staatssammlung München. All entries have been checked
for accuracy. Nevertheless, typing or other errors may occur, and we kindly ask
users to bring any such errors to the attention of the
editorial staff at the Botanische Staatssammlung München.